The Way We Play: Rituals and Luck
Jack stood over the pile of cards, his hands outstretched to the sky, fingers clawing at some invisible wall. From…
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World Building: The Very Basics of Being Vague
World building can seem daunting. Where do you start? What do you start with? How big should it be? How…
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D&D 5.0 Character Creation, Part 3: The Outside Layers
This part will be devoted to the outer skin that overlays the meat from Part 2. Attacks and Spellcasting. This section is…
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D&D 5.0 Character Creation, Part 2: The Meaty Nitty-Gritty
This part will be devoted to the bulk that surrounds your character’s framework from Part 1. If you own the 5.0…
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D&D 5.0 Character Creation, Part 1: The Basics
As someone who has played tabletop for a little over 15 years now, I always love indoctrinating someone new to…
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Random Effects and Ego in Hearthstone
The level of randomness in Blizzard Entertainment’s online collectible card game (CCG) Hearthstone has been a hot topic of discussion…
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ZND Part 2: Boredom is the mother of play testing; weapons of wonder and chaos
Last time I discussed how my sister beat me at my own experiment. Well, believe it or not that was…
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ZND Part 1: My sister beat me at my own game
Alright, I admit it, I love Tabletop RPGs. So much so that in 2013 I tried my hand at reinventing…
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It was Miss Scarlett, in the Conservatory, with the Candlestick!
Mr9 “I’ve worked it out, Mum! It was Miss Scarlett, in the Conservatory, with the Candlestick! Am I right? I…
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Magic the Gathering and Super Mario Maker or; Why I Don’t Play CCGs
I no longer play Magic the Gathering (MTG), and have struggled for a time to articulate what it is that…
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